tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 07 08:10:02 1996
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Re: Well. Formerly Re: KLBC: jIlIH'egh [Introduction]
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>Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 14:21:23 -0700
>From: [email protected]
>qaSDI' 96-08-06 06:35:52 EDT, jatlh marqoS:
>> In English, the two
>> members of a homophone pair are always spelled differently. If they're
>> spelled the same (such as the various meanings of "spine" that started
>this
>> thread), then it's not considered a case of homophony; it's considered
>> to be multiple meanings for a single word. In Klingon, of course, the
>> spelling
>> is completely phonetic, so that distinction is lost.
>Not always. We have a canon, and oft-cited, example: {toDuj} and {toDDuj}.
> Now, technically (according to TKD), both {D}'s of {toDDuj} would be
>pronounced, but in many examples of spoken Klingon, including this one in
>Star Trek V, the sounds are run together. Admittedly, {toDuj} is a word
>which was *designed* to be a homophone, but so what?
I'm not sure if we've ever heard a "correct" pronunciation of this; I
suspect I might pronounce the D as a geminate (a "long" consonant), but
perhaps not. In any case, the words are certainly awfully alike.
I always thought that two different words in English that are spelled alike
(and may also sound alike) like "pride" and "pride" (feeling of being proud
and a group of lions) were called homographs. It's all a matter of how you
choose to count words.
~mark
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